Jupiter Games 2k Event (06/26/2010) — 3rd Place
Mystical Tutor was banned, but we had two weeks left to play it. This event was essentially a farewell to the card for me. I’ve received a number of messages about my plans for The EPIC Storm (TES) moving forward, some even thinking the deck is dead — it’s not. Mystical Tutor was a ...
Read MorePlay the Game | Win a Black Lotus (06/12/2010) — 4th Place
A Black Lotus event right in my own back yard! I felt ready and confident after my recent changes to The EPIC Storm (TES). the epic Storm Main Deck 4 Burning Wish 3 Infernal Tutor 2 Mystical Tutor 4 Brainstorm 4 Ponder 1 Empty the Warrens 1 Tendrils of Agony 1 Ad Nauseam 4 Duress...
Read MorePlay the Game | Winter Wonderland (01/03/2010) — Top 8
At the last Jupiter Games event I went to I was running a few sideboard Xantid Swarm — they kicked ass. However, I still missed Pyroblast. I decided that I wanted to run both, but there wasn’t enough room in the sideboard. This meant if I wanted to play Xantid Swarm I would have to...
Read MoreJupiter Games 2k Event (10/17/2009) — 2nd Place
After the event last month, I was in a pretty bad car accident. I’m fine but my car was in bad shape, my only goal for this event was to win some cash. I rode with The EPIC Syndicate to the event and received the two Japanese foil Deathmark that I ordered when I arrived!...
Read MoreJupiter Games 1k Event (09/19/2009) — 1st Place
I decided to stay at college the night before needed to wake up at 7AM to begin the drive to Syracuse to meet up with The EPIC Syndicate. I get to Adam Barnello’s by 8:45AM and we’re off! We had decided to start a new tradition on the ride down. If someone in the car...
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Eli’s Lotus Event (05/31/2009) — 10th Place
The EPIC Syndicate was supposed to get together the night before to test for the event, because that’s what real teams do. That’s not what we did, the team has good intentions which eventually lead to us just playing Elder Dragon Highlander and Skittles. It went way later than we ...
Read MorePlay the Game | Winter Wonderland (01/04/2009) — 3rd Place
About two weeks ago, I was testing against Geoff Smelski (konsultant) and Geoff was just destroying me with Landstill. The issue wasn’t being over-loaded against too many counterspells or being outdrawn, it was that Ad Nauseam kept on failing. I knew I needed to make a change (see below). ...
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Play the Game 1k (07/20/2008) — 4th Place
Alright, fare warning: I didn’t have any truly difficult match-ups — I accept this. Originally, I wasn’t going to write a report, because of that, I didn’t take very good notes. the epic Storm Main Deck 4 Burning Wish 4 Infernal Tutor 4 Brainstorm 3 Ponder 4 Orim’s ...
Read MoreLibrary of Alexandria (05/24/2008) — 1st Place
About a week ago, I was looking for a ride to Hadley, MA and was trying to get some of my teammates to go — that wasn’t happening. I was trying to persuade Zach Tartell into coming, when I said this: Entry fee is $10 and gas will be around $15. You can’t afford 25$...
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